To study the colors of light, I often paint the same subject at the same time of day.

I painted the the following plein air paintings several years ago from behind my studio on the Tomoka river. And as much as I’ve enjoyed having them around, I think they have finally served their purpose and it’s time to let them go.

I’ll probably miss them.

Tomoka Morning No 1, Oil, 6 x 8 inches.

Tomoka Morning No 2, Oil, 6 x 8 inches.

Tomoka Morning No 3, Oil, 6 x 8 inches.

Tomoka Morning No 4, Oil, 6 x 8 inches.

My favorite one is the first one. . . or maybe the fourth one.

They are all $500 each framed or $450 unframed. Drop me an email if you are interested in holding one for you ( I take layaway). Or email me anyway even if you are not interested, but just want to say hi, and find out where my new studio is. Sometimes I let people visit, if they bring me a Starbucks.

CloudLight, Oil on Linen, 54 x 36 inches

This painting is from 2006.
A hard year.

Egg Tempera on Panel, 20 in. x 16 in.

Years ago, I drew and painted birds, portraits of birds, to understand how they moved, first still, then flying.  Then I moved on to painting the environment surrounding them to understand how they lived.

The landscape expanded and I became mesmerized by the changing colors of light. The idea of birds got smaller as the idea of light got larger.

I  fell in love with the light.

Gradually the birds became very small and eventually flew out of my paintings all together. My paintings became all about the light.

They still are.

Lately, I have been sketching birds again by the sea, and in the mountains, and I think I have not finished saying all I want to say about birds.

And the way light falls on them.

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Finally!

My collectors and dealers have been asking me for years if I had a catalog of my prints available online. So, being the quick mover that I am, several years later, I finally finished building a shopping cart to catalog my fine art prints, and make them easy to buy online.

I know I could have paid somebody to do it faster, but I like learning new things in between watching paint dry.

After researching e-commerce shopping carts for months, and test driving a few, I decided on Zencart. It’s open source, (meaning free), powerful, and customizable. It’s also php coded, an important factor in my decision. Many of the online carts are tabled base, essentially making data inside the tables invisible to search engines.

I’m  still adding descriptions to the prints and fine tuning the cart, meanwhile,  check it out and let me know what you think. I’d like to hear your comments and suggestions. Or give me a shout if you want to set one up for yourself.

Oh yeah, the  cart works, you can really buy the prints too.